Diagnostic assay for lung transplant
a technology for diagnosing assays and lung transplants, applied in the direction of microorganism testing/measurement, sugar derivatives, biochemistry apparatus and processes, etc., can solve the problems of inability to reliably detect the presence of biologic markers, inability to accurately assess, and serious shortage of donor organs, etc., and achieve the effect of quick results
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Gene Ratio-based Test on Survival After Lung Transplant
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Patient Selection
[0070]Of 359 patients who underwent lung transplantation from Dec. 1, 1997 and Mar. 31, 2005, 28 patients who died within 30 days after lung transplantation or required Extracorporeal Membrane Support (ECMO) (Poor outcome group), and 194 patients who survived over 6 months after lung transplantation (Good outcome group) were identified. Based on the clinical course, 10 of 28 patients in the Poor outcome group (P) were selected who had clear clinical primary graft failure (PGF). Following the selection of 10 P cases, 16 patients in the Good outcome group (G) were selected as controls, matched for: recipient age (±10 years), gender, primary disease, and type of operation (single or bilateral lung transplant).
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[0071]Based on the aforementioned patient selection, a total of 26 snap frozen donor lung samples were used for the following experiments. Donor lung tissue samples were obtained at the en...
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[0082]The inventors prospectively collected lung graft biopsies taken from 169 donor lungs at the end of the cold ischemia Oust prior to implantation) from May 1998 to April 2003 (Table 6). Biopsy samples were immediately snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −80° C. for subsequent analysis. Biopsies of the donor lung were taken prior to implantation or excess lung tissue in donor lungs was used and reduced in size to fit the recipients. Expression levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL-1β mRNA were measured in a blinded fashion by quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). Prospectively collected clinical data were analyzed retrospectively and then compared to cytokine expression data. The primary end-point was 30-day mortality.
[0083]To develop and validate a predictive model for death within 30 days, the 169 cases were randomly assigned to a development group (84 cases) and a validation group (85 cases) (Table 6). In the process of development of the predictive mode...
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[0099]As described in Example 2, the cytokine ratio of IL-6 to IL-10 in the donor lung before implantation significantly predicts early mortality and late survival in lung transplant recipients. The use of rapid RT-PCR assay provides the expression level in less than 1 hr from tissues-bringing this technology into the realm of clinical utility.
[0100]IL-6 and IL-10 gene expression levels were measured by quantitative multiplex rapid RT-PCR using SmartCycler II® (Cephied) in total RNA isolated from donor lung biopsies (n=52) taken at the end of the cold ischemic period (just prior to implantation). Samples for analysis were selected to represent a spectrum of outcomes after lung transplantation.
[0101]Total time to finish the rapid RT-PCR process with 40 cycles took 23 minutes compared to 2 hr 15 min with conventional real-time PCR using PRISM 7900HT® (Applied Biosystem). Correlation of measurements between conventional real-time RT-PCR and rapid RT-PCR was excellent (Spearman correlat...
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